Drip attachment for faucets.



No. 831,713. PATENTBD sEPT.-25, 19o@V J. A. FERGUSON.. DMP ATTACHMENT FOR PAUGBTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.l. ).906y

@Mii Am# JAY A. FERGUSON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DFHF ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application iled January 11,1906. Serial Nn. 295,623.

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY A. FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dri Attachments for Faucets; glp to be a full, clear, an exact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to drip attachments for faucets.

The object ofthe invention is to provide means whereby the flow'or drip of a faucet will be conveyed to the waste-pipe ofl the ink, thus preventing the splashing of such rip.

A further object is to provide means where.

by the drip attachment may be easily pushed aside when the faucet is being used and which will be automatically returned to a position beneath the faucet after the removal of the receptacle from beneath the same.

A sti-ll further object is to provide a device of this character having means whereby the same may be adjustably connected to various styles of faucets.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arran ement of parts, as will be hereinafter descri ed and claime In the accom anying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of t e attachment constructed in accordance with the invention and, showing the same applied to a faucet. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the supplyipe of the faucet, showing the manner in w ich the at# tachment is connected to said pipe. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line' 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig'. 4 is a side elevation of a modied crm of the attachment, showing the same arranged upon a faucet. Figf is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 g' and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another modified form of the attachment, showing the same applied to a faucet.

0 eferrmg more particularly to the draw' ings, 1 denotes a hose or tube, to the upper end of which is secured the end of a springattaching device v2. Said spring is shown in Fig. 1 as being constructed of a single piece of spring-wire bent to form forwardlyproject ing arms 3 and rearwardly-proj ecting arms 4, said arms being coiled at their lower portions,

and I do de are the followingas shown at 5, to form springs. The upper ends of the forward arms 3 are secured to the upper end of the hose or tube 1 by means of wire or metal bands 6, said ends being extended above the up er end of the hose or tube and bent lateral y to form a stop .7, by means of which the hose or tube is centered below the end of the faucet, as shown.

The upper ends of the arms 4 are bent to form rectangular frames 8, and in the side bars of each frame are formed a series of loops or coils 9. The frames 8 are adapted to-be arranged one on each side ofthe supply-pipe of the faucet in such position that the coils 9 in each frame will be in alinement, and through the alined coil's or loo s immediately above and below the supp y-pipe is adapted to be inserted clamping-bolts 10, by means of which the attachment is securely attached to the faucet. By roviding a series of coils in the frames 8 t e attachment may be raised or lowered, thus providing means for properly adjusting the device on faucets of different styles or sizes. The action of the tension of the spring-coils 5 will yieldingly hold the upper end ofthe hose 1 in' alinement with and beneath the discharge end of the faucet, as will be understood.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is shown a modied arrangement of the device, the same being here shown as consisting of an arm 12, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to a cli 13, adapted to be adj ustably secured upon t e sup ly-pipe by means of clampingbolts 14. T 'e upper end of the arm 12 is provided with springs 15 to normally projec" the lower end of the arm upwardly and forwardly, as shown. To the lower end of the arm 12-is secured a hose-cou lin 16, to the lower side of which is adapte to e connectv ed a hose 17 and on the upper side of which is arranged a cup 18, which is adapted to be projected beneath and engaged with the ower end of the faucet, as shown. The rear upper edge of the cup 18 is preferably extended above the forward edge of the same, thereby forming a stop-flange to engage the rear side ofthe faucet, thus holding said cup and hose in alinement with thefaucet.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings is shown still another mo'died form of the device. In this instance I provide a vertically-disposed arm 19, the upper end of which is secured to an attaching-clip 20, similar in construct-ion to the clip shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to secure said deviceto the water-supply pipe. On the l OC.

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. nection 22, by means of which the upper end of a hose'23 may be attached to said arm. On the lower end of the arm 19 is arranged a torsional spring 24, one end of which is conf ,nected'to the arm' 19 and the other end to the `arm 21, whereby when said arm 21 is swung laterally the same will be automatically returned to its normal position of release, thereby providing a laterally movable. yielding support for the hose arranged beneathv the discharge end ofthe faucet.k n

By providing a drip` attachment such as herein )efore described the drip from faucets may be carried out to a suitable place of discharge, thereby preventing the splashing of such drippings in the sink or other receptacle beneaththe faucet, said attachment being adapted to be connected to any style or size of faucet. -f Y From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyin drawings, the construction and operation o the invention will b readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes inthe form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the-PPended claims.

Having thus described my inv'ention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is^

1. A drip attachment for faucetseomprisin a hose or tube, and'meanstoyieldingly ho d the same beneath a faucet, substantia as described.'

4. A drip attachment for faucets com ris.-

ing a hose or tube, a spring to yieldingly old' said hose beneath the faucet, means to contube in alinement with the discharge end of Aneet one end of the spring to-said hose, a stop y `formed on said end of the s rin to en age' the faucet and normally hol sai end o the the faucet, and a clamping device arranged, on the opposite end of the spring to adjustl ably secure the attachment to .the Watersupply pipe of the faucet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

g JAY A. FERGUSON. Witnesses: f

F. M. BARDoN l FRED ,RICHTERBERQ Y 4, 2. A drip .attachment for faucets compris- 

